Abstract:
Carbon Nanotechnologies, the company that produces carbon nanotubes for IBM and various research institutions, plans to expand production over the next two years, a move that could help jump-start commercial deployment of nanotubes. The Houston-based company plans to increase production of single-walled carbon nanotubes to around 100 pounds of nanotubes a day, according to Tom Pitstick, director of business development for the company. CNI will also begin erecting a full-scale commercial plant capable of producing 1,000 pounds of tubes a day in 2005.